Earthly Treasures: Rocks & Minerals
with Bugs-R-Us, 5+ YRS
07/06/2022, 3-4pm
Learn about the basic types of rocks, minerals, and fossils and how we use minerals in everyday life, such as in oils, plastics, salt, and more. Oregon geology is highlighted and participants will receive free rock samples to add to their collections.
Why Natives? Seven Steps to Restoring Biodiversity in Your Yard, 18+ YRS
07/07/2022, 5-6:30pm
Planting native plants is crucial to ecosystem health and to preserving and protecting life on earth. Plant choice matters, and choosing native plants helps to restore and ensure vital ecosystem services in our landscapes. Lynn Kuntsman of the Jackson County Master Gardener Association will outline seven steps you can take to create healthy, productive gardens, and help save our disappearing pollinators and birds.
Blue Sky Ramblers American Music, 18+ YRS
07/09/2022, 1-2:30pm
The Blue Sky Ramblers, “Lonesome” Tim Holt, on banjo and guitar, and Sandra, “The Rose Of The Canyon” Hood, take you on a journey through our American musical inheritance, one that includes folk songs, old-time cowboy songs, and the restless, rootless side of American life that includes railroad and hobo songs—songs that tell us who we are and what we have aspired to be. Come join a thoughtful history of this country set to music.
Treasured Snuggle Bunnies, 5+ YRS
07/13/2022, 3-4pm
One of the best parts of childhood is having your own snuggly buddy to go on adventures with, to snuggle when feeling stressed, or to read to. Create your own treasured reading buddy—a calming lavender-scented rabbit plush. Then, check out a book to read to your new friend!